A Sunday - Thursday work week isn't all bad. Wednesday feels like Thursday. It's a great feeling being a day away from the weekend. I do know that there is a downside...while you are all reveling in the weekend, I'm getting ready to head back to work on Sunday...oh well, we all make sacrifices, I guess.
Things have been quite busy at school this week. Report cards are due tomorrow...a week before they go home. I still don't understand that need...to have them finished so much earlier than they are distributed. At any rate, I get to blog because I'm all finished :) Go me!
Aside from report cards I've spent my week getting all the marking done. Yesterday was my favorite day. There was a single scrap of marking ANYWHERE in my classroom...until about 10 minutes into my day when kids handed more in :( It was great while it lasted. It's also nice because I know I have the weekend to take care of it. I usually try to get it done before the weekend, but my brain is a little over run with the events of the past week.
My dear friends Angela and Rob are off to Oman on Saturday to check out the school in Muscat. They will be entrusting me with the kids while they are gone. It will be a fun little sleepover. I really enjoy their children. The down side to all of this is that they already have one official job offer...the school in Oman is paying for them to come and check out the school so a second job offer is just a formality...they will not be traveling with me to Boston for the job fair. I will have to take on the chaos on my own.
Some great things about the job fair in Boston include that it's the biggest one. Lots and lots of hiring happens. I just hope that someone hires me. I do have a request for an interview already from a school in Syria. A colleague who worked in Syria said it's the most amazing place in the world. She was also very excited about the school that has requested an interview. She said it's an amazing school. It's in Aleppo. It's in the northern part of Syria on the border. After doing a ton of reading about the region and the school, it is an exciting possibility.
Still on the job front, it looks as though the middle school English jobs in Dubai are filled :( I am a little disappointed, I would have liked to go there, but it will be okay. Where God closes one door... I think one of the stresses about Boston is that it's all new to me. I've never experienced it, I don't have a frame of reference. Those who know me well know that frame of references are important in my life.
Weather in Kuwait hasn't really turned cold yet. We're having to put our AC on once the sun is up. It's strange...it really was cold last year...highs of 6 or 7 for winter. This year we've had consistently warm temperatures...mid - high 20s. Wish I could feel cold...that will come once I get to Boston.
Other exciting news from the desert would include the return of Henry...it's not that he went anywhere, he's just pretending to be more cat like again. He is even open to being pet while not in bed...go figure. Should I walk by him while he is having a cat nap on the chair and not pet him, he lets me know that such behaviours are not approved.
Ella is Ella. It would appear that Henry had enough of her "fighting" last week and took a little chunk of her ear for a souvenir...either that or the ear mites that are causing a fungus in her other ear are super sized and took a huge chunk. The poor girl. Funny thing is she's not bothered by anything other than having cream put on her ears. They don't itch, although they are red. She looks like she's been in the cold too long.
Ella and Henry have also been introduced to kitty treats. The trouble is Henry is a little hesitant. As such, by the time he's willing to eat them, Ella has eaten them all...inhaled is more like it. Then she barfs them all up only to go back and snack on them later. I know...over share. But it was really funny as she upchucks whole pieces of kitty treats and before I can get it cleaned up, she's enjoying them in moderation...sorry...overshare.
January is almost over and I'm quite glad. I am really ready to come home. Five months left. There are so many frustrations in my job. I hope that my next post will have fewer frustrations. I do realize that some frustrations are expected...it's those that seem beyond belief that cause the frustration. My students continue to be a source of joy...I guess that's what it's all about, right. I'll know it's time to change jobs when I am no longer enjoying the children.
And on that note I'll bid you farewell. Grover has returned to his post on my white board and enjoys watching over the children...and me. I have also taken to burning a candle in my room...it smells like mixed berry tart...sweet and delicious. People often poke their head in to see what smells so good. They're really confused when I have my English Toffee brewing. Having talked about such Delicious sweetness, it's time to go for lunch. May just pick up a sub from subway today (it's on campus...go figure). Until next week...
Ty
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